"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )